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diff --git a/disk-utils/cfdisk.8 b/disk-utils/cfdisk.8 index ab5175779..6da8f431b 100644 --- a/disk-utils/cfdisk.8 +++ b/disk-utils/cfdisk.8 @@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ Display version information and exit. .BR \-z , " \-\-zero" Start with an in-memory zeroed partition table. This option does not zero the partition table on the disk; rather, it simply starts the program without -reading the existing partition table. +reading the existing partition table. This option allows to a create new +partition table from scratch or create a new partition table according to +a sfdisk compatible script. .SH COMMANDS The commands for @@ -105,18 +107,16 @@ MiB (=1024*1024), and so on for GiB, TiB, PiB, EiB, ZiB and YiB Quit the program. This will exit the program without writing any data to the disk. .TP -.B l -Load sfdisk compatible script file and create a new (in-memory) disk label -according to the script, and then it is possible to modify the -partition table before you write it to the device. -.TP .B u Dump the current in-memory partition table to the sfdisk compatible file. -to the script file by command 'O'. .sp The script files are compatible between cfdisk, sfdisk, fdisk and another libfdisk applications. For more details see .BR sfdisk (8). +.sp +It is also possible to load sfdisk script to cfdisk if there is no partition +table on the device or when you start cfdisk with \fI--zero\fR command line +option. .TP .B t Change the partition type. By default, new partitions are created as |